Development and validation of warning message utility scale (WMUS)

Yiqi Zhang, Changxu Wu, Jingyan Wan, Chunming Qiao

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Abstract

The evaluation of the warning message effectiveness is an important issue in improving communication safety in the system. The goal of the present research was to develop the scale to evaluate the warning message utility, namely, the effectiveness of warning message in preventing accident in general, and an empirical study was conducted to validate the Warning Message Utility Scale (WMUS) in a controlled laboratory environment. The reliability analysis indicated a good the split-half reliability for the WMUS with a Spearman-Brown Coefficient of .873. The predictive validity of WMUS was verified by the significant correlations between the WMUS scores and behavioral indexes of message utility (including reduced kinetic energy and collision rate). The results of regression indicated that the VWMUS is significant predictor of reduced kinetic energy (r2=.339, p<.001) and collision rate (r2=.363, p<.001), which further proved that the validity of WMUS in measuring effectiveness of the warning messages.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2013
Pages1179-1183
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event57th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting - 2013, HFES 2013 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Sep 30 2013Oct 4 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
ISSN (Print)1071-1813

Other

Other57th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting - 2013, HFES 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period9/30/1310/4/13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Human Factors and Ergonomics

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